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Article: Smoking cessation: information for specialists.(Clinical Practice Guidelines)
- Article from:
- Dermatology Nursing
- Article date:
- February 1, 1997
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1997 Jannetti Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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This Quick Reference Guide for Smoking Cessation Specialists contains strategies and recommendations from Smoking Cessation Clinical Practice Guideline No. 18, designed to assist clinicians, smoking cessation specialists, and health care administrators/insurers/purchchasers in identifying tobacco users and supporting and delivering effective smoking cessation interventions. These recommendations were made as a result of an exhaustive and systematic review and analysis of the scientific literature.
Purpose and Scope
Tobacco use has been cited as the chief avoidable cause of illness and death in our society. It is responsible for more than 400,000 ...